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MEET THE LITTLE MARTIAN
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XXXI. Leprechauns !
The Little Martian has been elusive and empty, avoiding certain songs, avoiding certain paths. The little martian insists he is perfectly...
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XXX. Apple Juice
The little martian keeps me company as I question the fabric of my reality. The martian listens to me patiently, doesn’t warble my words,...
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XXIX. Friday The Thirteenth
The little martian nudges me emphatically as he points to my calendar. I look away, pretend I don’t see what he’s pointing at, the...
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XXVIII. Halogen
The Little Martian laughs with me as we sit curled up near a stolen halogen heater. Crumbs litter my bohemian rug, the martian and I have...
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XXVII. Thursday
The little martian joins me under Andrea, the willowy amphitheater tree. We sit under her pretty, curling leaves and drink coffee from my...
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XXVI. Toes.
The little martian feels very tired He doesn’t know what to say to me and I thank him for that. It's nice not to have everyone saying...
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XXV. Sated
The little martian smiles gently at me He sits on the green suede chair by the window, the Jamun tree casts a glow upon him in the 3...
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XXIV. Waves.
The little martian stumbles and fumbles blurrily out of my bed and bumbling onto the carpeted floor. He reheats an old cup of coffee and...
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XXXIII. Whirring!
My mind has been whirring all night. The little martian cracks it open and a billion whizzing cogs spill onto the carpeted floor. “Holy...
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XXXII.Jelly.
The little Martian catapults into a burning volcano and welcomes the frightening burn of lava. He simultaneously plunges a poison tipped...
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XXXI. Supernova!
"It's a star which burns up other stars, got it? Nothing stands a chance in a supernova." I read out from page 381 of the hitchhiker's...
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XXX. Little Sapien.
The little martian is bored stiff. “I just -I just don’t feel like I'm living up to my intellectual capabilities you know what I mean?...
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XXIX- Monday
He's not you None of them are The little Martian snorts as he leans over the crowded metro bench to peer into my notes app "Who you...
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XXVIII. Obliterate!
The little martian stumbles blearily out of the loo and stares at me with wan eyes. His cheeks are a sickly pale green and his face is...
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XXVII. Hitting Reds.
“It's a hitting all the red lights kind of day,” I tell the little martian. His eyes dart up like a melodramatic Bharatnatyam dancer,...
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XXVI. Sluggish.
The little martian exudes restless judgment from every ounce of his overly caffeinated pores. He eyes me beadily, his little hand...
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XXV. Americano.
The little martian grabs tufts of purple hair in each hand and wheezes with frustration. his heart hammers against his rib cage as his...
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XXIV. Daisy
The little martian stumbles out of bed with a raging headache. I watch as he presses his palm against the back of his head, holding it...
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XXIII. Lackluster.
The little martian watches my retinas explode and splatter all over my pink keyboard “Oh wow, that’s gross,” he says matter of factly...
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XXII. Neuron.
It's been two days and the martian and I have barely exchanged a word. We sit in amicable silence as I weather the storm of my...
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